EVE New Citizens Q&A

Ok, I'm a newbie.

However, i like the Amarr battlecruiser, Harbinger, and I want one. I can't fly it yet, but I still want one.

Problem is, it costs 50M isk, and I have 10M. It'll probably cost another 50M to ideally outfit it.

So, how can I make the needed 100M isk quickly?

Well depends on your skill set really, you can try ratting in low sec, you could mine, you could trade. Where your skills lie, is where your path to isk lies.

If you are new, you should know there is a big differance between flying a new shiny ship and being able to use that new shiny ship.

Well no matter what you do to make isk you need skills, but you want to mission, so there are few things that can help.

Social skills, Social, Connections and look over a few others that boosy lp and isk. Take Social and connections to 3 ASAP, this should unless you went crazy somewhere, allow you to by pass level 1 missions. That alone will up your income by a whole bunch.

When you can do L3 missions in a Maller then you should have enough skills to fly a bc/bs.

I still haven't flown one due to my utter incompetence.

Destroyers OP...even L2 you could do probably. Couldn't do L3 in destroyer I don't think...didn't try it.

Market a piece of Carbon as a Charon and see if you can see it for 1,500,000,000

Well I am not sure who you have in your corp, slap myslef for not thinking of this earlier, but if you have someone in your corp who can runs level 4's. fleet up and you will be ok on ISK and LP. If you do not have that help in your corp, then you may want to look for one that is more active, or more helpful.

In response to bold italic part:

Not 100% true

Don't fly what you can't afford to loose

IS NOT THE SAME AS

Don't fly what you can't afford to replace.

The difference:

I have ships and fits that IF I loose them, I won't by far be able to rebuy them at this point. Yet I undock and use them, I just agree with the risk it involves. If I lost one, too bad, I knew the risk and took it. All my fault.

So if you have 100mil (which I doubt a fully fitted cruiser will cost) and you buy/fit your cruiser. Undock it, but only if you are fine with the risk of loosing it and having to do a step backwards if it happens.

Also: Why buy a ship that you can't fly yet. Your opinion may change and you would have wasted ISK on something you don't use. It's l like a 1 day old character buying a carrier just cause eventually he will fly one, it's not needed.

Harbies are great :)

I fly them a lot, but I found that they need the side skills to be safe.

They are armour tanks, but PvP (or even PvE) without Shield Management IV is asking for a quick trip in your pod.

By the time you can truly fly one, a Maller/Omen will have earned far more than 50Mill.

Nah, probably 70m for the build at best for your skill level, and just insure it. So maybe 65m to build and stash 30-50m in case it pops.
Here is an example build cost: http://eve.battleclinic.com/loadout/62757-Harbinger-Lowish-SP-PvE-Harby.html#values
If you just do combat, maybe a distro would be the better stepping stone to a BC. Either that or a regular cruiser, they're not expensive.

I wouldn't bother with mining or anything you are not already doing as you need to progress in mission levels if that's what you are already doing. Mission running pays well enough to build ships, even in hisec.

Re-reads thread for missed posts, looks at age in profile. Oh your skill is a bit low for running lvl 2 missions with a distro. Then yes a cruiser. Maybe a Maller would be survivable, weaps and resists. I think you would possibly loose the BC the first week.... especially with only a week of training. At least you are not trying to get into a BS the second week ...lol
Shoot, I'm training a single skill tier for just frigs atm that takes longer to train compared to the sum of all your training on your character there hehe.

Have you tried hooking?